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*[[Nabedrennik]]: from the Slavic traditions; a stiffened square cloth worn on the left side via a long loop of cloth placed over the right shoulder (if the epigonation/palitsa has also been awarded, the nabedrennik is worn on the left side); this is a clergy award, so it is not worn by all priests
*[[Epigonation]]/Palitsa: like the nabedrennik, except it is diamond-shaped and always worn on the right side (loop over the left shoulder); also a clergy award; in Byzantine practice, denotes a priest blessed to hear confessions
*[[MiterMitre]]: not like the Roman mitermitre, it is very much like a crown, and is adorned with icons; this is a clergy award for priests in the Slavic tradition; the priestly miter mitre does not have a cross on its top; Slavic practice allows the award of the miter mitre to non-monastic clergy
For the [[bishop]]:
*[[Sakkos]]: instead of the phelonion, the bishop wears the sakkos, which is a tight-fitting garment with wide sleeves
*[[Epigonation]]/palitsa: all bishops wear this
*[[MiterMitre]]: all bishops wear this; the episcopal miter mitre is topped by a cross, unlike the priestly mitermitre
*[[Omophorion]]: of all episcopal vestments, this is considered to be the most important; the omophorion is a wide band of cloth worn about the shoulders
*[[Mantiya]]: sleeveless cape that fastens at the neck and the feet, worn by the bishop when he formally enters the church before [[Divine Liturgy]].
*[[Dalmatic]] - a wide sleeved tunic, slit up the sides. The normal eucharistic garment of the deacon. Decorated with two vertical bands connected by two horizontal bands (see [[clavis]])
*[[Maniple]] - a small thin band of cloth worn on the left wrist by clergy (subdeacon, deacon, priest, and bishop) at liturgy. Its purpose was originally to wipe the chalice with.
*[[MiterMitre]]- pointed cap with two peaks: front and back. Classified in later baroque Roman custom by three levels of decoration and costliness. Worn by bishops and abbots. Early English or medieval style is short, of decorated or undecorated linen; Roman style much taller, of rigid material.
*[[Orphrey]] - the gilded and embroidered bands of decoration on Western vestments, particularly the chasuble.
*[[Pallium]] - the narrow woolen stole granted to bishops of metropolitan rank and above in the Western church, and which denote their high authority. Derived from the himation, the Greek philosopher's mantle, also worn by ascetics in the early Church.
